Minuscule 706
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bodleian Library |
| Size | 19 cm by 13.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type/mixed |
| Category | none |
Minuscule 706 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε347 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it by 486e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 213 parchment leaves (size 19 cm by 13.5 cm).[3][6]
The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[3]
It contains list of the κεφαλαια before Gospel of Luke, but it was added by a later hand. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, except the end of the Gospel of Mark. There is not a references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains lectionary markings, αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions (except Luke), and στιχοι.[6][5]
According to Scrivener it has "a very unusual style".[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text, related to the textual family Πb in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[8]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 12th or 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 13th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (486) and Gregory (706). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[6]
Actually the manuscript is housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Auct. T. 5. 34) in Oxford.[3][4]
